South Africa: Strikers Kill Police During Confrontation

Pretoria — Two policemen were killed and one was injured during a confrontation with strikers in Marikana in the North West during a platinum miners' strike, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard on Tuesday.

Police fired rubber bullets after the strikers refused to leave their weapons, a witness identified as "Mr X" said.

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